Akin Abayomi, Lagos state commissioner for health, says the
COVID-19 cases in the state may explode to 120,000 between July and August.
He made the projection at a press conference on Friday.
The commissioner said with the current trend of COVID-19
cases, Lagos is expected to reach its peak during that period.
He said the projection is based on the government’s model,
and added that a hydro-chloroquine trial is likely to start soon.
“Just a month ago, on April 7, we saw 10 cases per day. Two
weeks later it was 32, then 70 cases. We are now seeing above 100 cases per
day. This shows our graph is moving in a gentle incline upwards,” he said.
“We definitely have not reached the peak of our outbreak. We
suspect that the peak will happen sometime in July or August and so we are
preparing for the oncoming; we are increasing our capacity and strategies to
deal with this situation.”
As of Friday, the state had recorded a total of 1,491 cases,
but Abayomi said if not for the strategies implemented by the government, Lagos
would have recorded 6,000 cases.
He added that there is a gradual increase in the number of
positive cases across local government areas in the state.
As part of efforts to contain the spread of the virus, the
state government has issued guidelines for residents, which include regular
washing of hands, use of sanitisers, physical distancing and compulsory use of
face masks in public places.
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